Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following new US state law
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The Justice Department is investigating whether the new law violated the First Amendment.
  • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
    105·
    4 hours ago

    Exceptions exist, like when practices are outright criminal in themselves

    Aiding and abetting criminals is a crime.

      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
        111·
        3 hours ago

        You’re right, having done some light wikipedia-ing, emotional support such that a priest provides would make him an accessory.

        Psychiatrists are legally obligated to report knowledge of certain crimes that would otherwise be protected by confidentiality laws, I don’t see why priests should be any different.

      • LogicalFallacy@lemm.ee
        10·
        4 hours ago

        «Bless me father for I have sinned: I have a sex slave in my basement. I rape him every day because I cannot control myself."

        You don’t report that and you’re siding the continue commission of a crime.

        Overall you’re right about the first amendment, but it feels like that separating only goes one way, and I’m tired of religion getting the better side of it.

        It’s also so selective. I can’t kill a live chicken to practice Santeria but it’s fine for orthodox jews on Kaporos? We can’t compel a priest to report a murder or testify but they can tell their constituents to vote for the candidate that bans women’s healthcare?

      • Woht24@lemmy.world
        33·
        4 hours ago

        It doesn’t, there’s just stupid people out there who find X so abhorrent that can’t possibly have a rational thought regarding it.

        But you’ve been on Lemmy before, so I’m sure you know all about it.

      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
        41·
        3 hours ago

        I was wrong, the priest is an accessory to the crime.

        In the United States, a person who learns of the crime and gives some form of assistance before the crime is committed is known as an “accessory before the fact”. A person who learns of the crime after it is committed and helps the criminal to conceal it, or aids the criminal in escaping, or simply fails to report the crime, is known as an “accessory after the fact”. A person who does both is sometimes referred to as an “accessory before and after the fact”, but this usage is less common.